455, Lot: 66. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.08 g, 1h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Au-, mintmaster. Struck circa 173-171 BC. Diademed head right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; Φ above, AY (mintmaster’s) monogram to right, AN monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow right. Mamroth, Perseus 24; HGC 3, 1094. Numerous scratches, edge scuff. VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased Autumn 2002.